On May 5, 1980, the world watched as Britain's elite SAS stormed the Iranian Embassy in London. In just 17 minutes, they executed one of the most daring hostage rescue operations in modern history, ...

The Falklands War in 1982 was the last major conflict to involve land, sea, and air battles. To help counter Argentina, the British turned to their most well-known special-operations unit: the SAS.

In September 2005, British special-operations forces in Basra faced a problem. Two of their own had been captured during an undercover operation, and their lives were in peril. In addition to hostile ...